Advent Calendar Blog Hop – Cookie Tray Gift

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Advent Calendar Cookie Tray

My advent calendar doubles as a gift. You can remove everything and have a usable cookie tray. Woo hoo! Wouldn’t it be great to give this away and get REAL gingerbread cookies in return? I knew you’d agree.

I used my Gypsy to help me save space and paper. I was able to fit 25 gingerbread men in a small area. I made 5 rows of 5 and each row was 5 inches long. That’s a lot of 5’s. I opened another tab so I could create all of the layers for the cookies.

This paper is by American Crafts.  It has a slight texture to it.

I used white vinyl to create the frosting layer to my gingerbread.  The gingerbread men are from the seasonal Cricut Gingerbread cartridge.  If you’d like to see all the cuts from that cartridge, I made them all HERE.

Say What?  I forgot what I was doing!

It wasn’t until I finished that I realized I’d cut out mittens when I’d meant to cut out kitchen gloves.  LOL!  Oh well, we’ll just pretend they are heavy duty kitchen mittens.  I used the Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge for these “kitchen mittens”.  I ran the mittens through my Cuttlebug using the Houndstooth embossing folder.  The coolest thing I used was Marvy Liquid Applique. It’s so much fun to use.  First you draw with it, then you use a heat tool/gun on it and it puffs up.  I thought it would be perfect to create those little stitches.  CUTE!

That “Happy Holidays” stamp is from my All Around Sentiments stamps.  I stamped it into a glue pad and then poured the Zing embossing powder on it.  I used my heat gun to melt the embossing powder.  Next, I used that 1-1/2″ punch to punch out the stamp.  I stuck the finished product to a magnet.  Now it will work perfectly as a date marker on the calendar!

See?  Now all we have to do is move the magnet with my stamp on it to the correct day!  YAY!  Then we can treat ourselves with a piece of candy from around the sides of the cookie sheet.  YUM!  After we’ve eaten our whole project, we can use the cookie sheet to make more goodies.  LOL!  Oh, I used the Designer Calendar Cricut cartridge and red vinyl to create all the numbers on the gingerbread men.

Want to know more about using vinyl?  You know what I’m going to say don’t you?  Yep.  Check out my Cricut Vinylology DVD. It will teach you everything you need to know about using vinyl.

Need vinyl?  I like to buy mine from Expressions Vinyl.

Happy Holidays!

 

 

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  2. Ijust love the cookie tray idea. Thanks for sharing. Would love to win the cricut markers. Now off to blog hopping!!!!!

  3. This is adorable and so do-able with my leftover scraps and fo course my new Cricut Expression. I may have to compromise a bit, as I have searched for a baking sheet that is magnetic. I am sure I can figure something out. Thanks for sharing.

  6. Just love this idea what a great gift. If you are a baker and love making cookies what a great idea. Thanks for sharing. Hope u had a great thanksgiving.
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  7. This is a great 2-for-1 idea and present. And, the fact that you made mittens rather than oven mitts makes me realize that there is help for me, too! Would love to win the markes. Thanks for sharing! Kelly

  8. Hi Joy, It’s Michelle from the hop. I wanted to hop around and be inspired by everyone else’s calender. This is such a good idea, and a wonderful way to recycle. I love the circle stamp! I may have to add those stamps to my collection…

  15. I love the idea of being able to remove the decorations and actually use the cookie sheet..if you did remove them, wouldn’t it be cute to stick them on the fridge? Great job as always! TFS.

  16. Wow, what a wonderful calendar and idea. I think I’d be sure to send along a cookie recipe too, that way you’d double your chances of getting cookies in return. I am thinking I need to “case” this idea. Thanks.

  18. So many comments for this one…..first, I LOVE it!! Second, your ‘icing’ around your gngerbread men looks PERFECT! Did you hand draw the icing, or let the Cricut draw it on there for you? Third…did you stamp the top of your Zing Embossing Powder bottle?? 🙂

  21. Love this idea for an advent calender. Thanks for the inspiration. Would love to win the cricut markers also. Enjoyed your blog. Thanks.

  22. Super cute! I sooo need to get a heat gun. I love the embossing look. Oh well, another item added to the Christmas wish list (lol).

  32. Very cute idea! Specially for a teacher too! How did you attach the peppermints? And the gingerbread cutouts? Thanks for sharing Joy! I hope to play with my cricut today!

  36. Cute, Cute, Cute. This project is on my “To Make” list. Great gift idea. Thanks for sharing. {Hugs} Peggy
    Stampnmore at aol dot com

  37. Joy I’ve been following your blog for a while now and you always have amazing ideas. BUT…this one takes the cake. I LOVE it.
    Hugs,
    Raven

  38. Oh, that is just darling! Love stopping by to see what you have next…I’m always so inspired! Love the applique marker..never seen that before…great results! Thanks for the pen opportunity!
    Hugs,
    Joni
    [email protected]

  40. How cute! I need to find some of that liquid applique stuff! i wonder what section it is in at Michaels or HL? TFS

    Darlene
    desaucier at bellsouth dot net

  42. Super easy advent calender idea and fun and practical on top of all that!! The kids and I now have a project to work on today!! Thanks Joy! And thanks for the blog hop as well!

  44. Joy your calendar came out so stinkin’ cute I just love it…
    The Gingerbread Men are perfect for the days and of course you used vinyl for the frosting part… love that bout you the tip you give us…
    Thank you for sharing your talent and hoppin along with us :o)
    The Scrapbooking Queen

  45. What a great gift idea! Thank you for sharing with us. You always have such good tips that help me a lot! AJ

  47. Your sending that to me, for Christmas, right? LOL Just kidding! 🙂 Super Joy you have outdone yourself again! That is the cutest advent calender and the fact that it turns into a gift is so cool! Love it! I have a feeling that I am going to end up with 16 advent calendars.. maybe that’s how I will decorate this year. 🙂

    Thanks so much for being a part of the hop!

    Ruthie 🙂

  48. okay….I must have started the blog hop too early and wasn’t awake yet. I see now how you did the “icing” on the gingerbread men. I’m awake now…

  50. So glad I stumbled across your blog. You have such cute and great ideas! Love this one!! Thanks for the giveaway, too!

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